Iran, Strait of Hormuz
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Iran, Tehran and Kuwait
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President Donald Trump moved on June 1 to keep peace talks going with Iran after the Islamic republic said it would walk away from negotiations over Israel’s continued bombing of Lebanon. Trump’s move to intervene comes after Iranian state media reported that the country would halt even indirect talks with the United States over Israel's intensifying military campaign in Lebanon.
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) early Thursday accused Iran of violating the temporary ceasefire with a ballistic missile attack aimed at Kuwait. “At 10:17 p.m. ET on May 27, Iran launched a ballistic missile toward Kuwait that was successfully intercepted by Kuwaiti forces,
The U.S. military said it carried out ‘self-defense strikes’ over the weekend. Iran’s military said it had targeted a military base in retaliation for an American strike.
Anti-ship missiles developed and used by Iran are believed to have been used in an attack against a South Korean vessel in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.
Two men were executed after being convicted of setting a Tehran mosque on fire during protests that erupted over the collapse of the rial, as Amnesty International documented 39 political executions and more than 6,
For the second time in three days, the military hit targets in what it called acts of self-defense, as a potential cease-fire hangs in the balance.
Two U.S. officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that U.S. military forces shot down four Iranian drones and struck a base that was about to launch a fifth drone after determining they posed a threat to the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran is halting indirect negotiations with the U.S. after Israel ordered troops to push deeper into Lebanon to battle Tehran-backed Hezbollah, the Iranian news agency Tasnim said on Monday, complicating diplomatic efforts to end three months of war.